Truma Combi Heating Elements | Work Vlog
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Join me fault finding a 230-240volt AC circuit issue on a Bessacar Motorhome, RCD tripped out after a few minutes of Heating being used on 1800watt electric mode.
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That was interesting, seeing the inside of the truma. Hopefully getting ours fixed soon then we can do winter camping, can't wait for that. Thanks for the video 🐾🐾🐕🐈
Thanks, Can't believe yours is still not done, having said that the Truma Heating elements for ours are still back ordered as we have a similar issue.
I found that very useful. Good video 👍💙❤️
Thanks m8
Great video buddy. Very interesting 👍👍
Thanks very much.
Nice job thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
brill video duck. nicely broken down and explained.
Cheers m8, Love you guys.
Really interesting thanks 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Good vlog John it’s great to watch someone who obviously knows what they are doing at work on the Truma as it’s a mystery to me 👍
Thanks, well at least you have seen a truma combi stripped down now. 😜
Always a pleasure to watch someone who is knowledgeable about a subject and can make it simple enough for everyone to understand. I wonder how they design something as complicated as the heater?
Thanks, I enjoy taking things apart as you always understand more about how things work, its always a pleasure to share knowledge.
Well done john Jason will be happy now
Ha ha, Jason was ecstatic considering I already had new heating elements for our van which I used for this one as they were back ordered from Truma....still haven't got our replacements yet! good job it is Summer 😜
Interesting as I've one element failed in my truma. Thanks.
Thanks, it is a pretty common issue so much so we have the same problem on our Motorhome.
Fyi combi 6e wasn't working on gas. Was getting first click but not the second louder click. I hadnt used mine for atleast 6 months .. checked cowel, flu replaced fuses, ran gas in all appliances for 10mins. At a guess it was the shut off valve sticking or a spider had made a nice nest around it. Just kept working 10 times a day.. took a few days then that beautiful sound of the second click and the gas starting to burn. Sometimes these things figure themselves out with a bit of persistence.
You were only testing the continuity of the element itself. If the element wasn't heating, that test would show if you had a break in the element core. You'd have needed to do an IR test to earth/outer casing of the elements & cores to find if they were shorting to trip the RCD. As you said though, it sometimes needs to be under load before it shows.
Thanks for watching and commenting it was a bit of an intermittent fault, sometimes both the original heating elements would heat up correctly and not trip the RCD for a good while and other times they would trip straight away. I don't like showing too much AC testing as I don't want anybody to do the same tests without realising the dangers or taking the proper precautions.
That was very good and great info not sure i would like to strip down a truma heater.
Thanks, They are not too bad to strip to be fair however, the heating elements didn't come out without a fight.
You should have done a full video on that John 😀 please tell me you are doing a video on fridge ? 😀
Yes fridge should be the next work vlog.
John, if you cut the elements at the end, you can then twist out the two halves of each element with pliers.
Thanks for watching and commenting, That is a top tip (never thought of that), I will try that next time as I have to do the Elements in our Motorhome as well.
Is there any 12V or 24V heating elements that it is possible to change it to instead of the regular 230V? So I easily could use the solar excess power diversion, without having to go via the inverter.
Thanks for watching and commenting, Not as far as I am aware. It is technically possible to do but would take a lot of re-engineering as the heating elements and 240v control system are bespoke for these types of Truma heating systems.
The biggest issue with these Truma heaters in particular is the electric heating elements were only ever designed as an add on to an existing gas burning system so even at 240v AC they are woefully inefficient.
There are 12/24 volt stand alone water heaters available but not for heating as far as I am aware.
Where is the test meter from? I am currently using a multimeter and amps clamp but that looks likes a nice solution. Well done for sorting it out. Chris
Hi guys, it was lovely to see you at Stratford.
The one in the video was a cheap AC power meter from amazon and we just put it into a plastic housing with 16Amp hookup connections either end, or you can buy the proper ones from a company called Tough leads.
toughleads.co.uk/products/16a-32a-power-meter-amps-volts-watts
@@lifebeyondbricks I will probably look at making one as well. Cheers John
Hello to you both and all the cats can't remember all there names lol hopefully you remember me it's Jamie Ellmers I used to comment on my private TH-cam lol and sorry I haven't been in touch for a while been so busy but all caught up now lol but hope your all ok and I have loved all the vids like I always do lol and we are planning on going to a few of these festivals next year but we gonna be inn a caravan as just can't afford a van just yet lol but we are also on TH-cam now and travel about in the tent at the min but hoping in October to be getting 5hw caravan so will have some winter camping can't wait lol just hope they will allow us to the vanlove fest next year and overland show as we want to spend the hole weekend there as want to do something different as we never been to a festival before but hope your ok all the best love from us all x
Hi ya! Sorry for the delay in replying. Yes of course we remember you guys. We started in a tent to be fair and your tent is far better than the one we started out with 😂
Congrats on the Channel and 1500 views already, well done.
@@lifebeyondbricks it's ok not to worry lol I been very busy myself lol and I know it's picked up quite quick hope it stays there 😂😂 hope your all ok and got a lot more planned as we getting a caravan in October so some winter camping to come and doing some festivals next year as never done one lol all the best love to you all
And thank you so much x
Hi John good video.
Personally I’d say that a continuity test will not necessarily expose an earth leakage. It would be better to use an insulation tester (earth leakage) usually at 500volts. That said it may not show when cold.
These elements are ridiculously expensive when compared to similar for cookers etc.
From my soon to be former life in appliance repairs, there are some companies who can repair or manufacture either obsolete or expensive elements.
Thanks for watching and commenting, Yes, an earth leakage tester would be much better to use.
Yes the Genuine parts from Truma are expensive, and normally out of stock, we have since found some non-genuine elements which are better priced, time will tell whether they last as long as the Truma part though.
@@lifebeyondbricks in my game the original cooker elements are inferior to many of the copies. “EGO” and”IRCA” are good.
To be honest I’ve just bought a combi 6e blind. Advertised as complete in the box.
I’m gonna do a vid in breaking it down and bench testing before fitting. Greg was telling me to do more vids but I’m a bit impatient. My New Year’s resolution will be to try harder.
@@craster_van_kippers Nice one, you bought the big daddy C6E, they are pretty good in terms of their size and weight and ease of install, I just think Truma could have done better with the heat transfer from the heating elements themselves, if you use them from cold heating the water and blown air it takes an absolute age to get hot.
Yeah well, it was advertised as complete in the box but 10 years old. It’s probs a bit big for our van but I reckon worth a punt at £400.
Tbh I’d make money breaking it up. Anyway looking forward to the challenge. It’ll be a bit disappointing if it works.
I was about to buy a new water heater anyway so “gambled” the cash on this.
I’m sort of happy to spend money when no other option but I love a hack or a bargain when possible.
I’ve seen elements for £140 but I still reckon that’s too much. An equivalent but not suitable oven element would be about £5.
If it needs one I will try to make one.
@@craster_van_kippers Yeah you can't argue with £400 for that, to be fair it will suit your van fine it just means it won't use the 3rd stage on the gas burner for very long as your van will get upto target temp quite quick.
Can't believe you had tools all over the upholstery without any protection in place.
You could have cut the old element so you can twist them so they come out easily.
Yeah, wish I would have known that earlier. I have subsequently done this on other Trumas and it works pretty well. although I am glad I completely stripped down the unit as I now understand how they work.